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France sent a delegation to compete at the
2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...
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Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
. France sent 119 athletes, who competed in 13 sports:
archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...
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athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
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cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from t ...
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equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: * Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...
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wheelchair fencing Wheelchair fencing is a version of fencing for athletes with a disability. Wheelchair fencing is governed by the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation that is a federation of the International Paralympic Committee, and is one o ...
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powerlifting Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single-lift effor ...
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judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...
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sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cour ...
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shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...
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swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
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table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
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wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs, ...
. There were some competitors that competed in
rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...
which made its debut in the Games. The country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony was Assia El'Hannouni, who won four gold medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics."La France vise une soixantaine de médailles"
Radio France Internationale, June 27, 2008


Medalists


Sports


Archery


Men

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L 109-113 , colspan=4, Did not advance , - , align=left,
Olivier Hatem Olivier Hatem (born 16 January 1973) is a French Paralympic archer from La Tronche, France. In archery at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, he won two silver medals. He also competed in the 2004, 2008, and 2016 Summer Paralympics The 2016 Summer ...
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L 101-107 , colspan=4, Did not advance , - , align=left,
Fabrice Meunier Fabrice Meunier (born 3 June 1973) is a French paralympic archer. He won the silver medal in the Men's individual recurve event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively ...
, align=left, Men's individual recurve standing , 597 , 13 ,
W 109-83 ,
W 101-96 ,
W 103-99 ,
W 95-91 ,
L 90-94 , , - , align=left,
Stephane Gilbert Stephane may refer to: * Stéphane, a French given name * Stephane (Ancient Greece), a vestment in ancient Greece * Stephane (Paphlagonia) Stephane ( grc, Στεφάνη) was a small port town on the coast of ancient Paphlagonia, according to Arri ...
, align=left, Men's individual recurve W1/W2 , 602 , 13 ,
W 93-80 ,
W 101-99 ,
L 95-99 , colspan=3, Did not advance


Women

, - , align=left, Brigitte Duboc , align=left, Women's individual recurve standing , 572 , 3 , Bye ,
W 99-78 ,
L 88-101 , colspan=3, Did not advance , - , align=left, Lelia Maufras du Chatelliet , align=left, Women's individual recurve W1/W2 , 557 , 6 , Bye ,
W 98-94 ,
L 84-90 , colspan=3, Did not advance


Athletics


Men's track


Men's field


Women's track


Women's field


Cycling


Men's road


Men's track


Women's road


Equestrian


Judo


Men


Women


Powerlifting


Men


Women


Rowing


Sailing


Shooting


Men


Women


Swimming


Men


Women


Table tennis


Men's singles


Women's singles


Men's teams


Women's teams


Wheelchair fencing


Men


Women


Wheelchair tennis


Men


Women


See also

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France at the Paralympics France participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, and has taken part in every edition of the Summer and Winter Paralympics since then. France was the host country of the 1992 Winter Paralympics. French athletes have won a tot ...
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France at the 2008 Summer Olympics France sent a team of 323 athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics. Medalists Archery France will send archers to the Olympics for the twelfth time. France qualified a full team of three women by placing eighth in the women's team event at the 200 ...


References


External links


Beijing 2008 Paralympic GamesInternational Paralympic Committee
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